Muzaffarnagar: A 16-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by five youths who also filmed the act and threatened to post the video online at Talra village here, police said on Friday.

According to a complaint filed yesterday by the victim's father, his son was returning home on January 7 when he was forcefully given alcohol by five youths, following which they sodomised him near sugarcane fields under Jansath police station, SHO Charan Singh said.

The accused, who also prepared a video of the act, were blackmailing the victim that they would release it on the internet if he narrates the incident to anyone, the officer said.

A case has been registered against five absconding accused, Kailash, Akku, Dinesh, Nishant, and Gopi, he said, adding, further investigation is on.